From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5379: emacs wont start Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:39:52 -0500 Message-ID: <87my0fjp9j.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <20100114204941.GA7498@sfu.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1263575658 13184 80.91.229.12 (15 Jan 2010 17:14:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:14:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 5379@debbugs.gnu.org To: Andrew Kurn Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 15 18:14:10 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NVphJ-0005Pc-31 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:10:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52914 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NVphI-0005y3-Te for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:10:56 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NVpYZ-0001JE-2u for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:01:55 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NVpYS-0001FO-65 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:01:52 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39890 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NVpYR-0001F7-JI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:01:47 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:36037) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NVpYQ-0005NO-UI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:01:47 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NVpDP-0004IG-MD; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:40:03 -0500 X-Loop: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <20100114204941.GA7498@sfu.ca> Resent-From: Chong Yidong Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:40:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 5379 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 5379-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B5379.126357360016495 (code B ref 5379); Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:40:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 5379) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Jan 2010 16:40:00 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NVpDM-0004I0-HW for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:40:00 -0500 Original-Received: from pantheon-po43.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.104]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NVpDK-0004Hs-0S for 5379@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:39:58 -0500 Original-Received: from furry (dhcp128036014123.central.yale.edu [128.36.14.123]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po43.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o0FGdrbu019118 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:39:53 -0500 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0F369C05D; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:39:53 -0700 (MST) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) Resent-Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:40:03 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:34366 Archived-At: > Emacs won't start with TERM=xterm-color. > > ----- > emacs: Terminal type xterm-color is not defined. > If that is not the actual type of terminal you have, [. . .] > ----- > > However, it *will* start with TERM=xterm > > This contradicts the doc, which says that the type is stripped, one > hyphen at a time, until it finds a name it recognizes (and therefore > it should come to xterm and start). > > Sorry if this one has been fixed. It appears that it might be OK > in 22.3, but I haven't been able to find it in the bug list. Hi Andrew, more recent versions of Emacs handle this properly now. Thanks for the bug report, though.